Improvement in car-seats



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Car-Seats.

` Patented Feb. 17.41874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER D. FLYNT, OF BROOKLYN, NE-W YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CA'R'SEATS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,626, dated February17, 1574; application filed July 17, 1873.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, CHESTER D. FLYNT, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Seat;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1represents `a sectional plan or top view of this invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse section thereof in the plane a: m, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is asimilar section in the plane z z. Fig. et is an inverted plan view of aportion of my seat.

Similar letters indicate correspon ding parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement and combination, in acar-seat, of interwoven elastic strips of metal with supporting orclamping bars placed endwise of such seat on opposite sides thereof, andwith coiled springs which are connected with each other and with saidsupporting-bars in such a manner that said springs are uniformlysteadied, and an elastic and durable seat is obtained. With said seat iscombined a cushion provided with elastic clamping-hooks that Icatch oversaid supporting bars, wherebyr such cushion is firmly held in positionon the seat, and at the same time can be taken off and put on at will.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the frame of my car-seat, onwhich are placed bolts or bars B B, the same being arranged endwise ofsuch seat on the sides thereof to strengthen the frame. Said bolts orbars are let into the edge of the frame on the ends thereof, and theyare tightened or clamped by means of nuts a a, working on a screw threadon one end of the bars. O O desig-y nate elastic strips of metal, whichare interwoven and form the bottom for my seat.

Such seat or bottom has a curved back, and is l sustained at the sidesof the frame on the supporting or clamping bars B B, the ends of saidinterwoven strips being hooked or bent over such bars, and by thussupporting the seat it acquires greater elasticity, the ends of saidstrips being unconfined, and moving freely on said supporting-bars in avertical direction.

A bolt or bar may also be placed at the ends of the frame A, to supportthe longitudinal series of the strips O C; but in this eX- ample I haverigidly secured the same to the end of the frame.

Beneath the interwoven strips O O in the frame A are a number of conicalcoiled or upholstery springs, D D, being. supported on cross-pieces insaid frame, and such springs are united or connectedv with each otherand with the supporting-bars by wires b b, and by these means thesprings are firmly held in an upright or vertical position. A pad orcushion, E, is placed on the surface of the interwoven strips O, beingattached to the .supporting-bars B by hooks c c, theshanks of which aresecured to an elastic strip, d, on said cushion, whereby such hooks areretained on said supporting-bars, and the cushion is firmly held inposition on the seat, and at the same time, by extending the elasticstrip the hooks can be unhooked and the cushion can be readily removedor replaced, as may be desired.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' l. Thearrangement and combination, in a car-seat, of the interwoven elasticstrips O with supporting or clamping bars B B, and with coiled springs DD, which are connected with each other and with the supporting-bars B B,by wires b b, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the elastic strips d, having at each end the hooksc c, with the bars B, and cushion E, arranged to operate in respect tosprings D, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

(l. D. FLYNT.

Vitnesses W. HAUFE, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

